Watercolor project notebooks

I have a few watercolor project notebooks for different types of painting.  All contain written notes, sketches and swatches of paint.

I use small watercolor pads for testing paint mixes while painting. 

I use a medium size one for first drafts of cards.

The largest one is a sketch book used for projects.

The paint testing watercolor pad (shown to the right) has descriptions and examples of color mixes.  Tests for paint transparency.  It also includes the recipe I use as a base for shadows.  

Below are two pages from a card note pad.  They are test paintings with swatches that identify the colors and mixes used in the painting.  

The project notebook has sketches, quick paintings, swatches of paint and notes on colors and each test painting that was done.  The page on the left is were done aa part of the Dynamic Watercolors workshop I took at the J. C. Campbell Folk School.  The page on the right are working notes for two paintings from photos of the Grand Tetons National Park.